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DEMONSTRATIONS
OF
TRADITIONAL SKILLS , 2010
Events coming up in May and June
as part of St GeorgesMarket Memories project:
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22nd MAY in the market from 11.00 am: Flax Spinning and LINEN WEAVING from Marion Baur of Flaxmill in Dungiven alongside HAND-SPINNING by Ceceilia Manson (Spring wool from her own sheep) of
Castlederg.
www.flaxmill-textiles.com
29th MAY from 11.00: BLACK-SMITHING and FORGING in Murock’s yard ,Verner St , beside the market
by Colin Dawson from Patterson’s Spade Mill
in Templepatrick .
5th JUNE from 11.00 in the market : BASKET-WEAVING by Bob Johnston -
the resident basket-maker in Cultra Folk Museum.
12th JUNE from 11.00 am in the market :URBAN BEE-KEEPING with Mid-Antrim Bee-Keepers. (sponsored by the
Co-operative Group as part of their nation-wide Plan Bee campaign)
19th JUNE from 11.00 in the market :URBAN GARDENING
19th JUNE from 11.00 :
TRADITIONAL BREADS. Baking demonstrated by a range of local artisans.
25TH, 26TH AND 27th JUNE in St George’s Market
Market Memories Celebrations
26th JUNE in the market : Victorian Economy Cooking
27th JUNE in the market : Needlecraft demonstation
26th and 27th JUNE in the market : Pottery throwing demonstration
~also fish gutting and pig spitting
Choirs , Brass bands , Burlesque , Piano recitals and Music Hall Reveries throughout the Market Memories Days
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25th,
26th AND 27th JUNE in St George’s Market.
MARKET
MEMORIES WEEKEND.
HistoryTours, presentation of MARKET MEMORIES film (an archive of trader and customer
memories) , choirs through the ages from throughout Belfast ,
music, dancing, street-theatre, Traditional Skills presentations,
Speeches from
the balcony and traders and customers dressed as Belfast Victorian folks.
A celebration of our own Heritage gem in the
heart of Belfast !!!
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for further details -: see Annemarie Mullan on Mullans Organic Farm stall on Fridays and Saturdays |
